Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (Archipelagic Baselines) Order (Cap. 282)

ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION [CH.282 – 1 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS CHAPTER 282 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION LIST OF AUTHORISED PAGES 1 – 8 LRO 1/2010 ARRANGEMENT OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION SECTION 3 Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (Archipelagic Baselines) Order. ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION [CH. 282 – 3 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS CHAPTER 282 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION (ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES) ORDER (SECTION 3) [Commencement - 9th December, 2008] 1. This Order may be cited as the Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (Archipelagic Baselines) Order. 2. The geographical coordinates of the points which define the archipelagic baselines of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, which baselines constitute the outer limits of the archipelagic waters and the inner limits of the territorial sea, are — (a) based on the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) datum; and (b) specified in the First Schedule. 3. (1) The archipelagic baselines under paragraph 2 are illustrated in the Second Schedule. (2) The archipelagic baselines defined by the geographical coordinates specified in the First Schedule shall be the baselines from which the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas shall be measured. S.I. 107/2008 Citation. Coordinates. First Schedule. Baselines. Second Schedule. First Schedule. [CH. 282 – 4 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010 FIRST SCHEDULE (paragraphs 2 and 3) GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES OF POINTS FOR THE DRAWING OF THE ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS (World Geodetic System 1984 - WGS84) Point Name of Feature Latitude North Longitude West 1 Walker's Cay 27-16-22.74138N 78-25-16.520461'1 2 Walker's Cay 27-15-43.54019N 78-21-04.750531'1 3 Cay/Rock off of Abaco 27-14-19.49672N 78-16-01.472111'1 4 Cay/Rock off of Abaco 27-13-08.93732N 78-12-46.360721'1 5 Carter's Cay 27-05-13.57268N 77-59-48.324461'1 6 Moraine Cay 27-02-38.53659N 77-46-24.230771'1 7 Moraine Cay 27-02-35.50331N 77-46-13.486031'1 8 Cay/Rock off of Abaco 26-57-25.21218N 77-33-06.758571'1 9 Cay/Rock off of Abaco 26-56-37.58084N 77-31-28.754171'1 10 Cay/Rock off of Abaco 26-56-35.32738N 77-31-23. 709231'1 11 Cay/Rock off of Abaco 26-56-29.34224N 77-31-15.761831'1 12 Powe1 Cay 26-54-39.68819N 77-28-29.949901'1 13 Powe1 Cay 26-54-33.57811N 77-28-20.854461'1 14 Nun Jack Cay 26-50-45.40917N 77-23-04.195621'1 15 Great Guana Cay 26-42-19.66613N 77-09-32.235391'1 16 Scotland Cay 26-39-05.59160N 77-04-32.255581'1 17 Scotland Cay 26-38-12.11239N 77-03-10.113631'1 18 Man of War Cay 26-37-00.03040N 77-01-20.273021'1 19 Cay/Rock off of Abaco 26-34-31.92437N 76-58-36.943141'1 20 Elbow Cay 26-33-31. 33490N 76-57-37.139591'1 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION [CH. 282 – 5 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS Point Name of Feature Latitude North Longitude West 21 Elbow Cay 26-33-19.43260N 76-57-30.396841'1 22 Elbow Cay 26-32-58.10648N 76-57-22.530291'1 23 Elbow Cay 26-32-12.36026N 76-57-21.390331'1 24 Eleuthera 25-09-41.40925N 76-07-52.912861'1 25 Cat Island 24-41-01. 47041N 75-40-28.869231'1 26 Cat Island 24-39-08.47227N 75-38-23.861471'1 27 Cat Island 24-38-16.99114N 75-37-30.024541'1 28 White Cay, San Salvador 24-09-41. 62705N 74-28-35.753921'1 Man Head Cay, San 29 Salvador 24-07-34.62143N 74-26-55.970851'1 Man Head Cay, San 30 Salvador 24-07-28.29211N 74-26-51.491851'1 31 Samana Cays 23-04-51.37382N 73-36-06.717781'1 32 Samana Cays 23-04-4 5. 82356N 73-36-03.685961'1 33 Mayaguana Island 22-19-12.25538N 72-40-10.992761'1 34 Mayaguana Island 22-18-24.35151N 72-39-44.757461'1 35 Little Inagua 21-29-18.614 63N 72-54-59.92065W 36 Little Inagua 21-29-07.91511N 72-55-06.598731'1 37 Great Inagua 21-11-43. 71530N 73-01-04.094071'1 38 Great Inagua 21-09-06.33332N 73-02-12.305851'1 39 Great Inagua 21-09-00.35682N 73--02-15.507441'1 40 Great Inagua 21-08-57.58091N 73-02-17.560991'1 41 Great Inagua 21-08-42.98818N 73-02-27.707461'1 42 Great Inagua 21-07-54.07989N 73-03-04.380291'1 43 Great Inagua 20-56-26.50377N 73-10-31.156491'1 44 Great Inagua 20-54-22.01102N 73-38-46.700541'1 45 Great Inagua 20-55-02.34958N 73-39-39.850261'1 [CH. 282 – 6 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010 Point Name of Feature Latitude North Longitude West 46 Great Inagua 20-55-05.12227N 73-39-44.240331'1 47 Great Inagua 20-55-58.87920N 73-40-27.566981'1 48 Great Inagua 20-56-00.70975N 73-40-28.124831'1 49 Great Inagua 20-56-08.59392N 73-40-31.730671'1 50 Great Inagua 20-56-10.85737N 73-40-32.951481'1 51 Great Inagua 20-56-27.52912N 73-40-38.424911'1 52 Great Inagua 20-56-28.75195N 73-40-38.926171'1 53 Great Inagua 20-56-29.18488N 73-40-38.998941'1 54 Great Inagua 20-56-31. 02291N 73-40-39.249571'1 55 Great Inagua 20-56-34.08375N 73-40-39.176801'1 56 Great Inagua 20-56-39.11930N 73-40-39.249571'1 57 Great Inagua 20-56-41.99781N 73-40-39.613381'1 58 Great Inagua 20-56-48.80290N 73-40-40.656331'1 59 Great Inagua 20-57-45.50349N 73-40-51.554691'1 60 Cay Santa Domingo 2l-43-08.89816N 75-45-28.897551'1 61 Cay Lobos 22-22-44.02868N 77 - 35-11, 07912W 62 Guinchos Cays 22-44-54.78658N 78-06-58.437821'1 63 South Anguilla Cay 23-29-21. 26984N 79-30-52.882341'1 64 Cay Sal 23-41-08.97774N 80-23-09.516341'1 65 Cay Sal 23-41-09.00752N 80-23-11.408191'1 66 Cay Sal 23-41-09.53616N 80-23-12.556241'1 67 Cay Sal 23-41-33.63702N 80-23-33.431291'1 68 Elbow Cays 23-54-23.18496N 80-28-54.844011'1 69 Elbow Cays 23-55-12.67771N 80-28-31.357551'1 70 Elbow Cays 23-55-14.58031N 80-28-30.233761'1 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION [CH. 282 – 7 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS Point Name of Feature Latitude North Longitude West 71 Elbow Cays 23-55-22.62170N 80-28-24.88968W 72 Elbow Cays 23-55-33.73225N 80-28-18.55926W 73 Elbow Cays 23-55-38.08722N 80-28-16.14998W 74 Double-Headed Shot Cays 23-56-21.12188N 80-27-49.67213W 75 Double-Headed Shot Cays 23-56-39.72861N 80-27-33.29225W 76 Double-Headed Shot Cays 23-56-48.41496N 80-27-24.99721W 77 Water Cays 23-57-34.24407N 80-26-14. 00425W 78 Dog Rocks 24-03-59.59047N 79-52-47 .24246W 79 Orange Cay 24-56-19.16889N 79-08-25.89181W 80 South Riding Rock 25-14-06.41833N 79-09-05.20837W 81 Brown's Cay 25-23-57.01557N 79-12-03.64074W 82 Wedge Rock 25-30-29.38474N 79-16-04.21316W 83 South Cat Cay 25- 35-09 .14128N 79-18-17.30576w 84 Cay leading to Bimini 25-35-51.96540N 79-18-36.98425W 85 Cay leading to Bimini 25- 36-56. 69561N 79-18-49.4 91501'1 86 South Picket Rock 25-37-40.95281N 79-18-52.127151'1 87 North Picket Rock 25- 37-48. 63394N 79-18-53.921991'1 88 Triangle Rocks 25-38-09.25799N 79-18-52.903301'1 89 Bimini 25-41-54.40831N 79-18-20.402251'1 Unamed rock off N. 90 Bimini 25-43-26.35667N 79-18-19.22187W Unamed rock off N. 91 Bimini 25-45-40.70569N 79-17-07.444681'1 92 North Rock 25-48-08.34665N 79-15-47.21075W 93 Hen and Chicken Cays 25-58-57.46966N 79-07-46.906721'1 94 Great Isaacs Cay 26-01-40.20717N 79-05-35.22089W 95 Cay/Rock off of North West Grand Bahama 26-57-05.20104N 79-06-19.18623W [CH. 282 – 8 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME JURISDICTION STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010 Scale: 1:1,100,000 World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)